Panic among Algerian Jews was reported here today to be rising as more details were made known of a savage terrorist attack in a small Algerian town Sunday in which five Jews were killed and 20 were wounded.
The attack took place in a cafe in Sebdou where a Jewish family was celebrating a wedding. An eight-man terrorist unit attacked the celebrants. While four of the terrorists blocked the cafe exits, the others threw grenades and opened automatic rifle fire on the merrymakers.
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